9-11 Aftermath
Of course I don't what much TV, and rarely listen to the radio - because they play suck ass syndicated shows so much and all. But I was very surprised that I didn't hear more about the aftermath of 9/11. I did glance at the newspaper and saw they had something about it.

In other news, meaning work, I was informed today that I am about to get another raise. That should go into effect next week! I am so happy. More money is always a good thing. To celebrate, Jason and I went out to the Olive Garden. I can never seem to get Rubenia and Millard to go there anymore. I will say that the quality there has slacked off in the last year or so. With the exception of one visit, I've never had anything that was worth sending back to the chef!

I am coming up on my first broken weekend. This means I am off on Friday, work Saturday and off again Sunday. I'll be kind of glad when they are finished, but then I'll be wanting that extra OT on the short checks when they start again too!

I am definately enjoying this cooler weather. IT is certainly welcome from all the heat we had. Before we know it, it's gonna be freezing cold. But the good thing about that is that it is good cuddling weather. That is of course if you have someone to cuddle with!

I had some other things I wanted to post too, but they seem to have slipped my mind. Maybe they'll come back to me.

And as far as my other posts about nothing - like quotes and stuff - if you don't like them, then don't read! It's my blog, not yours so I'll post whatever I want! ROFL.

more findings
I just had to post this as it was too funny.

THE WISDOM OF HOMER SIMPSON

"Now son, you don't want to drink beer. That's for Daddies, and kids with fake IDs."

"Marge, it takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen."

"Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'sir' without adding, "You're making a scene."

"Marge, don't discourage the boy! Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals! Except the weasel."

"If you really want something in life you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers."

"Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get."

"Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way."

Ah, behold the power of work!
I got my first check from being an official employee of SKF. I had my holiday pay and all on there. I wish I brought this much home every week! I might could then go buy all my nifty toys I want! LOL

Here is a little something Jason and I were talking about tonight, so I went and found it. I thought you might find it amusing. I am thinking I will give it to my supervisor tomorrow. I think he'll enjoy it.

S.H.I.T. TO: ALL EMPLOYEES FR: MANAGEMENT RE: SPECIAL HIGH INTENSITY TRAINING In order to assure the highest levels of quality work and productivity from employees, it will be our policy to keep all employees well trained through our program of SPECIAL HIGH INTENSITY TRAINING (S.H.I.T.). We are trying to give employees more S.H.I.T. than anyone else. If you feel that you do not receive your share of S.H.I.T. on the job, please see your manager. You will be immediately placed at the top of the S.H.I.T. list, and our managers are especially skilled at seeing that you get all the S.H.I.T. you can handle. Employees who don't take their S.H.I.T. will be placed in DEPARTMENTAL EMPLOYEE EVALUATION PROGRAMS (D.E.E.P. S.H.I.T.). Those who fail to take D.E.E.P. S.H.I.T. seriously will have to go to EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE TRAINING (E.A.T. S.H.I.T.). Since our managers took S.H.I.T. before they were promoted, they don't have to do S.H.I.T. anymore, and are all full of S.H.I.T. already. If you are full of S.H.I.T., you may be interested in a job training others. We can add your name to our BASIC UNDERSTANDING LECTURE LIST (B.U.L.L. S.H.I.T.). Those who are full of B.U.L.L. S.H.I.T. will get the S.H.I.T. jobs, and can apply for promotion to DIRECTOR OF INTENSITY PROGRAMMING (D.I.P. S.H.I.T.). If you have further questions, please direct them to our HEAD OF TRAINING, SPECIAL HIGH INTENSITY TRAINING (H.O.T. S.H.I.T.). Thank you, BOSS IN GENERAL SPECIAL HIGH INTENSITY TRAINING (B.I.G. S.H.I.T.)

Let me know what you think of this one. I am just trying to amuse you :-)

It's gonna be a busy weekend. I have this house full of boxes and furniture that has to be put away. Luckily Jason's gonna help. I could use more volunteers as well. Yeah this is a hint for you, dear reader!

I guess that's all for tonight. I gotta get back to my IM's!

DSL is UP and RUNNING!
Yeah Baby! I have the good speed of DSL now! Just thought you'd like to know. I'll try to post more later.

And yeah my mother did show up today. ACtually she woke me at like 740 this morning. But that's ok. Everything is out of the storage building and sitting around in the house. Kind of hard to move around in here now. But I'll survive. I have to get it all put in place!

I'll try to write more later. Regina said something about going out to OB or somewhere to eat! Good thing, because I'm starved. And I have only had a ham sandwich all day!

The Unlucky Ones
I think I am going to start posting random song lyrics here. Just whatever I am listening to or whatever is on my mind at the time. Tonight it's "The Unlucky Ones" by a little known group called Admiral Twin

The clocks of the world are evil in their design
Our days of wine and song never came
And calendars map the places we've never been
So call us the Unlucky Ones
We walk under ladders as a matter of course
Jump on every crack we can find
Thirteen a day if we get half a chance
So call us the Unlucky Ones


I know, I know you're dying to be free


Come out and dance awhile
Out in the black cat infested night
We dance on ledges and spires
With losers and liars
We don't have a thing to fear


The Thrill of it all
Is we've got nothing to lose
We drank our poison
Paid all our dues
And twisted fate
Until we ripped it in two
So call us the Unlucky Ones


I know, I know you're dying to be free


Come out and dance awhile
Out in the black cat infested night
We dance on ledges and spires
With losers and liars
We don't have a thing to fear


They call us the Unlucky Ones
Your wandering daughters and sons
They call us the Unlucky Ones


Come out and dance awhile
Out in the black cat infested night
We dance on ledges and spires
With losers and liars
We don't have a thing to fear


So say a prayer for us
when you go to bed
The Unlucky Ones

my mother is coming ....
I can't believe this. But my mother is coming tomorrow to help me move my stuff from the storage building into my house. Dana asked what I Did to persuade mama into coming up here. I really don't know. I don't think it was even my idea. I Think it was hers. But I am very glad she is coming. She's bringing a trailer and everything so I don't have to rent a truck!

And just in case you are wondering, no the DSL still is not working. I really think there is a line problem. But of course the people at tech support don't want to run a line test tonight. They want to wait til after midnight - because that's the deadline for the service to be up and running. I feel certain that I will be giving them a call first thing in the morning. This is espcially considering that it's almost 11:30 PM and the modem still is not synced. If they would only listen to me. They even said the tech was supposed to line test from the house. Well if he did, he was certainly quiet as I never heard him and the network interface is right outside my bedroom window! So go figure. I think someone didn't do their job :-)

I guess I am gonna finish cleaning some stuff in here. I still have to clean my bedroom. The kitchen I am going to leave for now. But I don't want mom coming to see my messy place! And I am not even moved completely in yet and it's already a mess. I gotta do better than this!

still no dsl
I still don't have my DSL :-( This is after I got my modem and stuff in the mail on Saturday. After a call to tech support, they say it's supposed to be turned on from the CO today. But of course they can't guarantee that's all that is wrong. When I told them about the wiring coming to the house from the telephone pole they sounded worried. Unfortunately for me, they cannot put a request in to test the lines until the signal is turned on. I am sure I'll be on the phone with them tonight trying to get this thing turned on!

Is there any other news? I can't think of anything right now. I am supposed to go meet my mother today to carry a dog to her. That should be fun. And obviously she's wanting to wait until the middle of the day to do it being that she hasn't called yet. What fun. Gonna mess up my whole day! And I should be going up to Daddy's today to get more stuff.

Speaking of the move, the only furniture I have is my bed. What fun right? Well actually now I have the computer table and chair. So you know where I spend most of my time - in my room! I did manage to get some stuff for the kitchen last week. But I only have some pots and pans. I have no idea where my plates and other dishes are. I don't recall seeing them in the building. I hope they didn't get left behind.

I have awaken the last two days with my hands killing me, especially my right (writing) hand. I have a feeling it must be arthritis. I guess sleeping with my hand under the pillow (which my head is laying) doesn't help. Oh well, maybe they'll be better in a little while. They do seem a bit swollen as well.

IT did feel good to be able to sleep late this morning. I don't recall sleeping past 9 AM in a long time. I actually slept until 10! But it did feel good knowing I didn't have to get up early this morning. I really am not a morning person by far!

I have not told you the good news. I have NO Saturdays off this month! Since I was hired on as a permanent employee of SKF, I have orientation on the Saturdays when I am scheduled to be off. IT does kind of suck not having any of those days off, but the good news is that I can definately use the OT! I just wish they would have done it on Friday. That way I would still have Saturday and Sunday off. But no, that would be too easy. I will be off on Friday, work on Saturday and then off again on Sunday. I just think someone wasn't using their little brains when they made that schedule. Oh well, I will just have to deal with it. It will be over soon enough. The last Saturday is October 11th. So it appears that October 25th will be my next Saturday off. Yuck! That just doesnt' sound good.

OK, I am getting off my soapbox now! I might have more later. I am sure I will have something about the status of the DSL later tonight.

i'm getting DSL!
Yep yep, I finally got my DSL ordered. I should have it up and running by this time next week. I Certainly hope so! That's been about the highlight of the day. I'm gonna do something a little different tonight, I am going to put some lyrics here to a song. Let me know what you think of it.

Since the moment I spotted you
Like walking round with little wings on my shoes
My stomach's filled with the butterflies... ooo and it's alright
Bouncing round from cloud to cloud
I got the feeling like I'm never going to come down
If I said I didn't like it then you know I'd lied ooo

[Pre-Chorus:]
Every time I try to talk to you I get tongue-tied
Turns out that everything I say to you
Comes out wrong and never comes out right

[Chorus:]
So I'll say 'why don't you and I get together and take on the world and be together forever
Heads we will and tails we'll try again'
So I say 'why don't you and I hold each other and fly to the moon and straight on to heaven
Cause without you they're never going to let me in'

When's this fever going to break?
I think I've handled more than any man can take
I'm like a love-sick puppy chasing you around ooo and it's alright
Bouncing round from cloud to cloud
I got the feeling like I'm never going to come down
If said I didn't like it then you know I'd lied

[Pre Chorus - repeat]
[Chorus - repeat]

And slowly I begin to realize this is never gonna end
Right about the same you walk by
And I say 'Oh here we go again, oh'

[Pre Chorus - repeat]
[Chorus - repeat x2 to fade]

If you are wondering, this is "Why Don't You and I" By Santana (ft. Chad Kroeger or Alex Band - depending on where you look)
Nothing else for tonight. I gotta work all weekend. I know that will be fun!

Trying to settle in
I decided that I really needed to get away from things at the Lake, so I am staying at my new place. I still have to move my stuff. But at least I have my bed, so I'm not sleeping in the floor. I am thinking of heading up that way today to grab some stuff. I still have to finish painting here. But it's only trim work. However, that has to be sanded before it can be painted. I will get it done, hopefully today and tomorrow.

I am not going to write much here today. Just wanted to let you know what was going on. Like I said last week, I'll be back to posting more regularly when I get settled.

It's official
OK, so as of Sunday I will be officially employed by SKF. I had to go through "benefit orientation" today. It is nice to know that some companies have more quirks just besides being paid a decent salary for what work one performs. I'll have to say that the benefits are pretty damn good here at SKF. I am glad I made it on here. Hopefully I will be here for a long time. But of course you can never tell when something better will come along. But how many places do you know of where benefits start from day one? I can't say that I know of many. Most places have a waiting period.

And I know I have not posted here in a while. I have just been really busy. I am trying to get situated where I can move. I am hoping to start that venture next week. I dread just thinking of having to move all my stuff again. I certainly don't want to do it again after this for a long, long time!

At least I have a friend or two who said they'd help me move. I even had some who offered to help me with fixin' the stuff in the house before I move - ya know, like painting and stuff. So it's pretty good. I am definately taking them up on their offers! I am having "painting" party this Saturday. We are all gonna be painting the walls and stuff. I'll also have someone there redoing the bathroom. So it's gonna be really busy. I just hope that I get everything done this weekend.

I know my posting will be sparce - if at all - over the next week or two. But once I get settled in my new place, I will be back to posting regularly. I know that both of you who read this just love it! LOL